European projects at ISPIM conference

ACTIF-Europe – ISPIM conference – Bilbao – 8 June 2010Innovation management: Participating in EU funded projects?

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ACTIF-EuropeACTIF-EuropeThe Dynamics of Innovation

C u opep

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1 I t d ti EU d j t1. Introduction on EU programmes and projects

2. Project ideas and opportunities

3. Next Steps

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Transversal issues,Pressure& Crisis

EU Policies

SeveralEuropean Commission

Evaluations& animations

SeveralCalls

Programmes

Projects

Programmes Several Info days & publications


Contracts Amendments Reviews

Surveys Audits

Reports

Reduction of budget + increased competitionNeed for sharing / “mutualisation” of energies and resources

more complex managementmore complex managementincreased quality process in project management

(internal and external evaluation processes + integration)

For project with bigger impact & leverage effectAt beneficiaries and stakeholders levelAt k t l l t d i i d f di


At markets level to drive incomes and funding

Risk analysis + Contingency planFor the projectTo ensure impact and exploitation


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Evaluator:1or 2 hours max to read, understand, assess, score & comments your projectExpert but may be not in your precise fieldEnglish is probably not his/her mother tongueProbably another cultural background as yours5 to 10 projects per dayOnly assessing based on what is written in the proposal.Strict eligibility and financial criteria are assessed separately.


Process:2 to 5 Evaluators per projectArithmetic average or consensus meetingSometimes panel meetings, bilateral meetings with MS, or Programme committees.



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Willingness: Wills, Vision & Values (Strategic triggers)Environment (OT) & Resources (SW):Environment (OT) & Resources (SW): SWOT

Market; World; Competitors; Tech/process; ManagementPriorities of the call ...

Problem set-up: short and crispyProposal process:

PB set-up

WER


Proposal process:Master project and sub-projects strategyCollaborativeIterative...

The right team for the right project

ACTIONSplanning

OUTCOMES

FunctionalDesign V2

FunctionalDesign V1

IP

Lack of Business Vision EUROSTARS

BetterMarketVision

EUROSTARSEuropean Team BuildingIP/Technical Design

NO GO

THE IDEA

LEONARDOElearning Tools

E tEurostars

Risky V3+Business Dev

Submission


EurostarsCall Closure

Oct 2010

EurostarsCall ClosureOct 2009

EurostarsNational Meeting

EurostarsProposal

LEONARDO Call Closure

Fev 2010


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The European Extended Enterprise for Innovation,A sustainable International Institutional Network2 7 M€2.7 M€




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BiomedicineNatural risk managementMicroelectronicE iEnergy savings.Textile industry (technical textiles)As a result in 6 months:- 8 foreign companies were attracted: 246 jobs- 6 investors (real estates): total investment : 15 M€- 15 Inn Tex companies in the finishing sector decided to

invest in energy savings for a total amount of 2 5 M€


invest in energy savings for a total amount of 2.5 M€- 3 R&D projects launched, total budget : 3.2 M€- 15 support missions to different targets by public & private

value added service providers- Total operation cost including the launch phase: 89 000€

Project: not a final goal by itself.Share IP?Share IP?Size / timing ?Need for external resources?Spring board for project life cycle?


p g p j yExploitation / valorisation perspective?Path for widening network as a strategy?


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Practical guide by EU being designed“Synergies in funding opportunities between: FP7, CIP and Structural Funds”and Structural FundsGuide: ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/practical-guide_en.pdfCheck-list: ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/check-list-guide_en.pdfScorecard: ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/scorecard_en.pdf

Cordis: cordis.europa.eu/fp7/CIP: ec.europa.eu/cip/St t l F d / i l li /


Structural Funds: ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/Education + LLL: ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/Grants in general: ec.europa.eu/grants/EU-India: www.delind.ec.europa.eu/

VTT – Finland – ECSIM projectECSIM: to what extent social software and cloud computing can be used to create an innovation ecosystemCurrently www.SinnoBok.org: to be a community and defactostandard for software innovation(based also on former project www.itei-itea2.org) Consortium + project: ? suitable forum to submit the proposal?

UDB – India – Transfer of Technologylooking for European partners to develop scalable and


sustainable solutions based on ICT that can be then made available to vast ecosystem of small business to monetize.

University of Bergamo – Italy (+ Milano region)Projects based on Innovation in manufacturing sector and fashion industry.


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